Re: Lost in Space
Sam, on host 12.16.110.5
Wednesday, October 14, 1998, at 13:53:17
Re: Lost in Space posted by Darien on Wednesday, October 14, 1998, at 12:04:51:
> Umm... yes, you could. That's been my point all along.
I suggest you reread this thread and pay more attention to what the people in it are saying rather than the people themselves. Dave has already made two points to show why this can't be. (1) If it's possible to travel closer to the "source" of these "time waves," then time would dilate in the opposite manner that it does in every real, actual observation about the universe that's ever been made. It doesn't work. Fine for a science fiction novel, but we're talking facts, not what ifs. (2) With your theory, it is still possible to pinpoint the source of the time waves by moving in different directions, even if you *don't* ever move toward the source and even if you *do* stay within the bounds of the plane. It's an elementary calculus problem. This is also not supported by real, actual observations about the universe. Time dilation does not work that way. Direction of travel does not affect time dilation. Speed does.
But if you so insist on making your theory work, how about this? Consider that the universe is populated by invisible "time wavers," approximately one per basic unit of matter. Whenever a unit of matter moves, a time waver follows it around, shooting time at it with its subatomically-sized raygun. The time wavers always stay directly behind the particle's movement, and the time beams always get fired out at the same rate -- so the particle's rate of speed experiences a different rate of time based on its own speed. Miraculously, only the time beams coming out of a particle's designated time waver ever hit it, and, for that matter, time wavers have inescapably accurate aim.
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